We all love a holiday but 21st-century life does seem to have a knack of throwing obstacles in our way.
However, we remain positive when it comes to the travel workplace and look forward to a wonderful year of getaways in 2024. We believe there’s everything for everyone in the next 12 months, so it’s time to start making plans for a bright year of new and favorite destinations. Stays, fun days and excellent value for money.
Safe travels wherever you go, here’s what we anticipate for heading away in 2024.
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One of South America’s most compelling countries is now easier to reach with LATAM Airlines’ new direct 13-hour Dreamliner service from Heathrow to Lima, typically saving three to four hours. For 2024, we expect more Brits to head to the vast city for its historic centre, excellent food scene and upscale clifftop Miraflores district overlooking the Pacific and with the 1,800-year-old Huaca Pucllana pyramid.
Then head off to discover the Andean magic of Machu Picchu, lofty Inca capital Cusco, the Sacred Valley and its scenic rail journey, along with Puerto Maldonado for exploring the Amazon rainforest and its wildlife. Trujillo’s sites from the Moche and Chimu civilisations, the mysterious Nazca Lines and Lake Titicaca with its unique reed boats are equally captivating.
Turkey’s appeal continues to skyrocket. The British are now the country’s third-largest inbound tourism market, with 3. 16 million visitors between January and September, a year-on-year increase of 12%. Next year, Turkey is expected to overtake France as the second most popular European destination after Spain, according to a report by this year’s World Travel Market.
Thomas Cook booking data showed that Turkey has skyrocketed in the rankings as one of the most popular destinations for short stays in the UK. Alanya and Side, fourth and ninth in the ranking, offer good value for money. Izmir, with its beachfront location and bustling bazaar district and thriving wine region, ranked ninth among Lonely Planet’s most productive cities for 2024.
Wales has a surprising effect thanks to its epic landscapes, adventures, and artistic communities, and there are plenty of tactics to enjoy in 2024.
Seven of the UK’s best walking routes are in Wales, according to new research from Which? Magazine. Rhossili Headland, Solva to St Davids, Beddgelert and Aberglaslyn, Mawddach Trail, Llangollen Canal Path, Pen y Fan, Corn Du and Llanberis Path offer some of the best coastal and countryside scenery.
Welsh whisky continues to gain popularity and the first Welsh Whisky Fest will take place at St George’s Hotel in Llandudno, from 1-3 November.
With the growing trend of event-inspired travel, Wales offers some of the most impressive venues, such as the Slateman Triathlon.
The classic summer holidays in July and August are replaced by beach and city breaks in May, June and October.
We hope that this update to the ‘shoulder season’ dates of spring, early summer and autumn will be driven in 2024 by Brits worried about their budget for a higher price outside of the main school holiday season, and the fact that some other people are also thinking about taking more holidays this year and I just have to have compatibility with them.
A study by ABTA found that May and June will be the most popular months to travel abroad over the next year, with more than one in five Britons (21%) making plans to do so on those dates. They are just before October (19%) and July and August, the classic summer vacation months (both 17%).
This shift – especially in October, when tour operators are busy extending their seasons – makes perfect sense, with wonderful deals in less crowded and less hot destinations in the summer.
With stretches of powdery white sand, crystal clear turquoise waters home to dazzling marine life and coconut palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze, it’s no wonder the Maldives took the top spot as the world’s most popular destination in a report. recent. . from the luxury logo Kuoni. Et With only two hundred of the more than 1,000 islands that make up this idyllic archipelago in the Indian Ocean being inhabited, the hotel is like a personal island.
A popular dream getaway for honeymooners, the destination is now appealing to families and solo travelers, and Virgin Atlantic has made it less difficult after launching its new seasonal address from Heathrow to Maldives’ Velana International Airport in October. from £785. virginatlantic. com
It has taken 22 years since the first festival to be designed, with many delays, but the magnificent Grand Egyptian Museum, regardless, will be fully open to the public in 2024. Near the Pyramids of Giza, you will find the largest archaeological museum complex in the world. It houses more than 100,000 artifacts, in addition to Tutankhamun’s entire collection of treasures.
Low-cost flights to Cairo departed from Luton with easyJet (from £134 return). TUI will also be in Egypt in 2024, with a new holiday in Marsa Alam, the country’s southernmost resort, and in November it will debut a fully equipped five-star hotel. Inclusive Nile cruises from Luxor, passing by Aswan High Dam and Karnak. The temple, the Valley of the Kings, and the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Charter flights will be operated from Gatwick and Manchester.
The visitors’ pool, following the lifting of Covid restrictions last year, is expected to become an influx this year, with overseas events such as the Hong Kong Sevens attracting the world’s most sensible rugby players (5-7 April) and Hong Kong. The Sevens foreign races at Sha Tin Racecourse are fine and have indeed returned to the calendar.
Preparing to welcome tourists, the trendy Mondrian Hong Kong Hotel opened last week in Tsim Sha Tsui, near the bustling new cultural district of West Kowloon (book. ennismore. com/hotels/mondrian/hong-kong). And 1. 6 km away in Victoria Harbour, the Kimpton Hong Kong boutique hotel will open its doors in July in the former Mariners’ Club (ihg. com/kimptonhotels).
The capital’s appetite for ultra-luxury hotels continues. Following last year’s notable launches (the Peninsula in Belgravia and the UK’s first Raffles hotel at the Old War Office in Whitehall), Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, the sister of the Hyde Park hotel, is set to open in Hanover Square. Korean-American Michelin-starred chef Akira Back will make his London debut, presiding over the hotel’s two cutting-edge restaurants. You can read more at mandarinoriental. com/en/london/mayfair.
And the luxury Six Senses logo will bring its world-renowned wellness systems to London, opening its first UK assets at the former Art Deco Whiteleys branch in Bayswater. The spa will feature a beautiful 20-meter indoor pool, an Alchemy bar, and a bathroom with vaulted ceilings, while on the second floor there will be a social and fitness club with a restaurant, bar, lounge, and therapy rooms. You can read more at sixsenses. com/fr.
Convenient, cost-effective and carbon-friendly, the popularity of the exercise continues to grow and more and more interesting features will hit the rails next year. After a four-year hiatus, the iconic Eastern
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express will take its passengers on a coastal adventure from Paris to Portofino for the first time. In addition, the sumptuous Royal Scotsman exercise in Scotland will see the launch of two new Grand Suites.
Getting a good night’s sleep between European cities is also now de rigueur. Austrian rail operator NightJet has introduced a new car exercise service between Paris, Brussels and Berlin in December 2023 and new Belgian-Dutch railway company European Sleeper has announced plans to open a new Night Exercise between Amsterdam and Barcelona.
We’re not necessarily saying you’ll choose a cruise just because it’s more eco-friendly, but it’s nice to know the industry is making a huge effort to have less impact on the oceans and places visited.
This year, for example, an increasing number of ships will use cleaner-burning LNG (liquefied vegetable fuel) for propulsion, resulting in 95-100% relief in particulate emissions and up to 20% less greenhouse fuel emissions. It is more widely used when obtained with electrically powered ships in ports than with their diesel engines.
The elimination of single-use plastics, the use of complex wastewater treatment systems, the supply of culprit foods and biodigesters that combine oxygen, water and microorganisms to break down and liquefy uneaten food into “gray” water that is you can use, for example, are also very widespread. For example, the toilet tank is empty enough to flush.
When it comes to food, plant-based foods are all the rage in the sea and we were inspired by Green